Cantera Portugalete (Miocene of Cuba)
Where: Cuba (23.0° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 78.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Husillo Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
• methane-seep
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Kiel and B. T. Hansen. 2015. Cenozoic Methane-Seep Faunas of the Caribbean Region. PLoS One 10(10):e0140788 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205112: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Pleurophopsis aff. lithophagoides Olsson 1931 clam | |
Meganodontia sp., "? Myrteopsis sp." = Myrtea (Myrteopsis)
Meganodontia sp. Bouchet and Cosel 2004 clam
"? Myrteopsis sp." = Myrtea (Myrteopsis) Sacco 1901 clam | |
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Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel | |